The message reads, in part:
“Over the past years, your large and truly nationwide movement has united millions of people both in Russia and far beyond its borders, and won great public respect and recognition. You sincerely strive to contribute to preserving the truth about the Great Patriotic War and its heroes and cultivate in the younger generation a careful and respectful attitude towards the military chapters of our history and the immortal deeds and labour achievements of our fathers, grandfathers and great-grandfathers.
Let me note that your activities are especially needed today, when we see the tragic consequences of attempts to justify Nazi criminals and their accomplices, and to reconsider our country’s contribution to the Great Victory.
Thank you for your caring, taking an active civic, patriotic position and, of course, for fully supporting the participants in the special military operation.”